Favorite Childhood Garden Memories

Mom didn't garden.  She had a few houseplants but that was it.  Spent the summers with Dad's mom and dad.  One summer we spent it with Mom's mom.  She was a tiny southern bell.  She sent me out to plant flowers in the front flower bed.  I remember sprinkling the flower packet seeds all over the area, pushing the seeds into the soil and watering.  I watered throughout the summer and watched the pretty wildflowers grow.  Very comforting memory.  Thanks for the reminder!

Anne Miller wrote:Probably mine would be learning to plant seeds in school.

Pinto beans, egg cartons, and cotton balls.

Take an egg carton, the kind made from paper.

Drop in 12 pinto beans in each cavity.

Place 12 cotton balls, one in each cavity over the beans.

Water each one and do this to keep the cotton ball from getting dry.

When I had my first garden this is how I planted the seeds.

Wow! I totally forgot about planting seeds in school until you reminded me! For ours, we were each given a clear plastic cup, and we stuffed a paper towel in it. We were each given 3 beans, and put them halfway down around between the cup and the paper towel, so we could see them, and we watered them.  

My first garden memory is of my grandfather's small garden. When I was very little, he taught me how to tell when carrots are ready to be picked. We picked a few and rinsed them in my baby pool and ate them right there. He went inside, leaving me alone a while. I was so proud to have this knowledge of how to tell a carrot is ready, I inspected them and decided I could tell another carrot was ready. And another. And another. And another... He came back out and said "Who ate all the carrots??"
I felt bad, but he was so kind & gentle, he just smiled and laughed about it.